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At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, there was a peddler in Cangzhou named An Zhe, who looked tall, but he was thick and honest, never taking advantage of others, and because of this, he was always teased by other profiteers.
Angen lived in the village, so he could only buy goods in the town every day, and then go to the next village to sell, when there were no horses, he had to carry the goods by himself, running back and forth, and in this way, every time he came home, it was late at night.
One day, Anzhe sold out the goods and simply cleaned up, then began to rush to his home, walked to the next village, thirsty, saw that there was candlelight in the homes of people not far away, and went to ask the villagers for a sip of water.
The two took advantage of the gap between drinking water to chat and asked An zhe why he came home so late, and An Zhe replied: The goods are too heavy and the road is far away, so it is a little difficult to walk.
The villager said: It turns out that this is the case, the little brother should be careful recently, I heard that there was a monster in the woods recently, this monster can talk like a human, there was once a cowherd, when passing through the woods, he heard someone calling him, and when he turned his head, he was eaten by the monster.
After listening, An Zhe decided that whether it was true or not, he would rather take a detour in the future than walk through the woods.
After drinking the water, An Zhe got up to thank the villagers for their kindness, and then left.
When he was about to walk to the woods, An zhe always felt a chill behind him, so he bypassed the small woods and took the waterway.
After a while, An Zhe heard a cry for help, and he also looked around, and by the moonlight, he saw an old man by the side of the river, and there was another person around, and he couldn't see whether it was a man or a woman.
The kind-hearted An Zhe hurried forward, and when he took a closer look, he saw that it was a white-haired old man, and lying in front of him was the daughter of the old man.
An Zhe asked: Old man, what is wrong with your daughter? How did you end up in this place in the middle of the night?
The old man replied: We are linxian people, because linxian has recently been in the middle of the sky, afraid of endangering the life of my family, so we went all the way to the south, we were originally a family of four, on the way encountered mountain thieves robbed, robbed us of food and money, my old man and son in order to protect our mother and daughter, killed by mountain thieves, all the way up and down, daughter in order to take care of me also tired.
The cry for help was made by the old man, because his daughter was unconscious, and the old man could not help his daughter, so he had no choice but to wait for a kind person to help here.
After hearing this, An Zhe hurriedly took out the dry food from his own goods and fed the woman with water from the leaves. The woman who had eaten the dry food slowly woke up.
The old man said happily: Mercy, are you awake? It was this kind man who gave you his own dry food, and only then did you wake up, and thank this kind man.
An Zhe hurriedly waved his hand and said: "You are not welcome, saving a life is better than creating a seventh-level floating massacre, and it is my honor to be able to save you." It's getting late, and I probably know your situation, but I wonder if the two of you would be willing to follow me back home, settle down temporarily, and make plans after you have taken care of your health?
The old man and Pity immediately agreed to come down after hearing this, so the three of them returned to Anzhe's home together, and Anzhe poured bath water for their mother and daughter, found the clothes they had not yet worn, cleaned up the beds for the two of them, and went to the firewood room to simply lay a rag and go to sleep.
Because there were two more women in the house, it became clean and tidy, and Anzhe still went out to sell goods as before, and every day he came home with hot meals.
The only difference from the past is that these days his goods sell quickly, always go out in the morning, the sun has not yet gone down before the end of the selling home, and the people who owe money take the initiative to pay back, and even ask to continue to cooperate with him.
Not only that, An zhe also knew a lot of famous and prestigious princes, relying on his diligent and sincere attitude, he won the favor of a brother of the gongzi, and also took Anzhe to sell private salt, this time Anzhe not only was not deceived, but also earned a lot of money.
In just a few months, An Zhe changed from a poor seller to a big salt merchant in everyone's mouth, bought a house in the town, and lived a good life with a mother and daughter with pity.
The days are getting better and better, but the old man's cough is getting worse and worse, An Zhe saw it in his eyes, remembered it in his heart, and found the best Langzhong to treat the old man.
But when Pity and the old man saw Langzhong's face, their faces changed slightly, and Pity pretended to be calm and said: Mother has been suffering from cough for many years, and there is no medicine in many Langzhong, and Brother Zhe does not have to pay attention to his heart.
The old man also hurriedly said: Yes, I have been suffering from cough disease for ten years, young man, you have been taking care of our mother and daughter for several months, and now you have to spend money for me to see a doctor, how can I repay you?
An Zhe said: Old man, I grew up without a father and no mother, I have long regarded you as my mother, I can't do it no matter you, I don't need you to return anything, as long as you are safe and sound.
Lang Zhong, who was next to him, cleared his throat and said: It is really rare for the old man to be so kind, but the old man's cough is not incurable, but it needs precious medicinal materials to be used as a medicine to cure.
An zhe said: Oh? What is it? Where to get it?
Lang Zhong took a look at the old man and pity, and then said: It is the soul grass, this grass is rare in the world, it just so happens that there is a large family in my hometown that has this grass, but the price is extremely high, to get this grass, the old man is afraid that he will have to scatter the family wealth.
An Zhe thought for a moment, and without half a hesitation, he responded, asked the housekeeper to count the belongings in the family, and asked Lang Zhong: This is the wealth I have obtained during this time, is this enough to buy this grass?
Lang Zhong nodded and said: Enough is enough, the old man gives me the money, I will go.....
Before he could finish speaking, he saw the old man glaring angrily at Lang Zhong, pushing him away, and kneeling down in front of An Zhe!
An Zhe hurriedly stepped forward to help the old man and asked her: Why are you here?
The old man whimpered and said slowly: There were indeed four people in our family, because of pity for her father's failure in business, our family of four walked all the way to beg for food, just when we encountered a mountain thief, my son and his father died in Huangquan. But the person who saved our mother and daughter's life was not them, it was you, it was you who gave our mother and daughter a piece of dry food, a water bag, and gave us all the coils on our bodies, so that I and Pity could return home, so the business was getting better and better.
Seeing that my mother had been coughing, I took over the stubble and said: At that time, I was only five years old, I and my mother looked for you for more than ten years, and finally let us find you, we originally gave you money directly, and my mother said that you are a righteous person, and you will definitely not accept this money, so I made this decision.
An Zhe understood that his business had been smooth because the old man was paving the way for himself. But the weather is unpredictable, people have bad luck, during the time when the old man left home, the house suffered a disaster because of the internal thieves,
This LangZhong is the housekeeper in the old man's house, in order to help the old man, he thought of using such a method to deceive Anzhe's money, Anzhe learned the whole thing, not only was he not angry, he smiled and said to the old man: Money is something outside the body, not to mention that this money is what you gave me, thousands of gold scattered and returned, now you can be at ease to cure the disease, right?
The old man said to Anzhe after listening: Our family owes you too much, my life is about to end, I am afraid that I will not be able to pay off this kindness in this life, I want to finally ask you to help me a favor.
An Zhe said: Old man, where are you talking, you said, I can help you must go all out.
The old man said: My family has suffered a change, pity alone must not be able to deal with it, I hope you go back with her, if you do not dislike, you will marry pity, take good care of her for me.
After saying that the old man had been coughing uncontrollably, An Zhe agreed and promised that he would not fail to live up to his pity.
After the old man and Warm buried the old man, An Zhe sold the house in Cangzhou, took all his property with him, and went back to deal with family affairs with Pity.
The family was unharmed, so the two asked the housekeeper to choose an auspicious day of the zodiac and became relatives in front of the old man's grave.
A year later, Warm and An Zhe gave birth to a son and a daughter, and the family of four lived a happy life.
Source: Appreciation of Traditional Chinese Culture
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